Lately, there has been a rising interest in Pakistani literature, especially Pakistani Writing in English (PWE) or Pakistani Anglophone Writing (PAW). I am compiling a list of Pakistani Writers (of English and other languages) and will update this list periodically with appropriate links. If you see an error in names or linkages, please email me:
- Aamina Ahmad
- Aamer Hussein
- Ahmad Ali
- Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi | Wiki
- Ahmed Faraz | Wiki
- Ahmed Hamaish
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Alauddin Masood
- Ali Sethi
- Altaf Fatima
- Altaf Gauhar
- Amar Jaleel
- Amar Sindhu
- Anwar Enayatullah
- Dr. Anwar Sadeed
- Dr. Aasif Farrukhi
- Dr. Anwar Naseem
- Badshah Munir Bukhari
- Bapsi Sidhwa
- Bina Shah
- Bushra Rehman
- Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Daud Kamal
- Fahmida Riaz | Wiki
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- Faryal Gohar
- Fawzia Afzal Khan
- Hakim Said
- Hima Raza (deceased) | Remembering Hima
- Humera Afridi
- Dr. Jameel Jalbi
- Iftikhar Aarif
- Ihsan Danish
- Ismail Ahmedani
- Junus Said
- Kamila Shamsie
- Kishwar Naheed | Wiki
- Mazhar Hussain Rehmani
- Maniza Naqvi
- Mohammad Tanzeel-ul-siddiqi al-husaini
- Mohsin Hamid
- Muhammad Munawwar Mirza
- Mohammed Hanif
- Mumtaz Mufti
- Muneeza Shamsie
- Muniruddin Ahmed
- Mazhar-ul-Islam
- Mansha Yaad
- Mirza Hamid Baig
- Dr. Naseer Ahmad Nasir
- Naseer Ahmed Nasir
- Noon Meem Rashid
- Nasir Kazmi
- Nasir Baghdadi
- Nasir Zaidi (deceased) | Wiki
- Nayyara Rahman
- Nisar Farooqi
- Partawi Shah
- Perveen Shakir (deceased) | Wiki
- Qaisra Shahraz
- Qudrat Ullah Shahab
- Rasheed Ahmed Siddique
- Dr. Rasheed Amjad
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi
- Roshni Rustomji
- Saadat Hasan Manto
- Dr. Saleem Akhtar
- Sehba Sarwar
- Saeed Rashid
- Sabyn Javeri Jillani
- Sara Suleri Goodyear
- Sarfraz Manzoor
- Shaikh Ayaz | Wiki
- Shaila Abdullah
- Shahrukh Husain
- Shahzad Ahmed
- Shandana Minhas
- Sheba Karim
- Shuja Nawaz
- S. M. Ayub
- Sonia Kamal
- Sorayya Khan
- Syed Kashif Raza
- Tahir Alauddin
- Tahir Aslam Gora
- Tahira Naqvi | SAWNET
- Tajammul Hussain
- Talat Abbasi
- Tariq Ali
- Taufiq Rafat
- Tehmina Durrani
- Umaira Ahmed | Wiki
- Uzma Aslam Khan
- Wasif Ali Wasif
- Dr. Wazir Agha
- Yousaf Saleem Chishti
- Zaib-un-nissa Hamidullah
- Zahir Faruqu
- Zulfikar Ghose
Other Resources
References
- Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers edited by Alamgir Hashmi (New York: World University Service, 1978; Islamabad: Gulmohar Press, 1987) (2nd ed.). ISBN 000500408X (OCLC # 19328427; LC Card # 87931006)
- A Dragonfly in the Sun: An Anthology of Pakistani Writing in English edited by Muneeza Shamsie (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 1997). ISBN 0195777840
- Leaving Home: Towards a New Millennium: A Collection of English Prose by Pakistani Writers edited by Muneeza Shamsie (Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN 0195795296
- Post Independence Voices in South Asian Writings edited by Alamgir Hashmi, Malashri Lal and Victor Ramraj (Islamabad: Alhamra, 2001). ISBN 969-516-093-X
jenclair says
I read The Wasted Vigil by Nadeem Aslam last November. Excellent!
Shirazi says
Nice resource!
Anonymous says
Aamer Hussein, another excellent Pakistani short story (and now novella) writer
http://www.aamerhussein.com
Shaila Abdullah says
Thanks, I have added Aamer Hussein in.
Shaila Abdullah
Anonymous says
Nice work!
another list of Pakistani writers available here http://bookexchange.com.pk/authors.php
Arshia Malik says
Excellent blog Shaila! I belong to Kashmir Valley and am currently attending an online fiction writing course. I wanted to see if there are any fellow Muslim women sharing the same culture who write and the search yielded this. I sure do not feel alone now although nothing ahs come out of Kashmir yet. Inshallah! Not long…..